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To shorten or abridge written material
To remove (a section) from a text or piece of music
To attempt to persuade without being obvious about it, by understating a position so the listener takes the good points as obvious
To check a written text for errors in spelling and grammar
To change or alter in some way, especially written material
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Verb
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To shorten or abridge written material
trim
shorten
abridge
abstract
condense
abbreviate
clip
crop
digest
summarise
UK
summarize
US
synopsize
truncate
contract
curtail
cut
downsize
prune
reduce
telescope
snip
boil down
put in a nutshell
precis
edit
epitomize
US
encapsulate
précis
epitomise
UK
outline
sketch
give a precis of
give a summary of
give an outline of
give a digest of
give an abstract of
sum up
give a synopsis of
summate
sum
inventory
chop
capsule
minify
cut down
get to the meat
make a long story short
distill
US
distil
UK
decrease
diminish
lessen
shrink
cut back
pare down
slash
compress
pare
limit
dock
whittle down
minimize
US
cut short
lower
minimise
UK
lop
elide
syncopate
make cutbacks in
slim down
narrow
retrench
scale down
bring down
curb
restrict
dwindle
restrain
downscale
roll back
run down
salami-slice
dial down
wind down
taper
recap
mark down
ease
shave
concentrate
moderate
cut off
skim
decrement
drop
axe
UK
tighten
attenuate
round down
ax
US
tone down
taper off
cut back on
drop off
take down
whittle away
make reductions in
bob
ease off
shear
constrict
recapitulate
excerpt
mitigate
get shorter
lighten
consolidate
reprise
brief
make shorter
take up
cut to the bone
eliminate
temper
turn up
quell
abate
alleviate
ebb
compile
couch
relax
decline
downgrade
tighten up
wrap up
whittle
run through
give main points
de-escalate
trim down
trim back
step down
tail off
foreshorten
top
slim
capsulize
deflate
lop off
conflate
waste away
deplete
get rid of
do away with
stop short
take out
cut out
ration
review
assemble
compact
annotate
nutshell
subdue
stifle
inhibit
halt
cramp
control
dent
wane
splice
butcher
retrograde
cipher
US
rehash
dry up
devaluate
impair
sink
erode
take the edge off
depress
weaken
cast down
extenuate
slacken
dilute
amortise
UK
make less
qualify
amortize
US
make smaller
degrade
peter out
slow down
damp down
confine
remove
omit
delete
cut to bone
cypher
UK
rein in
give a rundown of
give the gist of
make a summary of
go over
give the main points of
break off
rein back
hold back
put the brakes on
put a restriction on
put a limit on
take off
more ❯
Verb
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To remove (a section) from a text or piece of music
excise
delete
erase
blue-pencil
cancel
cross out
cut
efface
eliminate
expunge
expurgate
remove
ax
US
axe
UK
bowdlerise
UK
bowdlerize
US
cross through
scratch out
scrub
strike out
blank out
cut out
dele
edit out
ink out
kill
score out
scrap
amputate
destroy
edit
elide
exscind
exsect
exterminate
gut
launder
slash
strike
take out
trim
put a line through
black out
blot out
cut up
knock off
lop off
scissor out
stamp out
wipe out
X out
give the chop
annul
censor
redact
x out
rub out
X-out
cancel out
omit
obliterate
clean up
purge
stroke out
sanitize
US
scratch
squash
rescind
sanitise
UK
revoke
repeal
quash
invalidate
block out
white out
abrogate
abolish
negate
countermand
void
reverse
nullify
disannul
null
drop
undo
terminate
bleep
render invalid
render null and void
declare null and void
roll back
make acceptable
dissolve
purify
squelch
exclude
abate
sterilize
US
obviate
renege
sterilise
UK
annihilate
zap
red-pencil
blank
blot
leave out
strike down
get rid of
make presentable
water down
make palatable
rub
recall
eradicate
retract
withdraw
unpublish
chop
veto
discard
amend
abridge
emasculate
neutralize
US
nix
trash
torpedo
rebut
wash out
wipe off
root out
sweep away
delete parts of
neutralise
UK
Tippex out
scrape off
snip
conceal
score
decontaminate
clean
repudiate
subtract
shed
disallow
vacate
rule out
pass up
reject
stamp across
avoid
abnegate
make changes to
score through
strike through
make cuts in
scrub out
vitiate
make cuts to
make deletions in
renig
call all bets off
do away with
bring to an end
set aside
forget it
cast aside
counteract
countervail
merge
neglect
pass over
suppress
ignore
run together
demolish
devastate
extirpate
desolate
wreck
extinguish
liquidate
decimate
waste
raze
finish
off
level
total
cover
sink
obscure
defeat
smash
ravage
knock out
put paid to
wipe off the map
wipe off face of earth
wipe off the face of the earth
finish off
blow to bits
remove all traces of
blow sky-high
shoot down
KO
do in
snuff out
destroy root and branch
take apart
mark out
rub off
blip
screen
bleep out
recant
take back
make void
backpedal
lift
declare invalid
put an end to
call back
end
ruin
overturn
crush
vaporize
US
vaporise
UK
shatter
abort
nuke
cream
dispatch
pulverize
US
stop
wrack
slaughter
overrule
overthrow
frustrate
pulverise
UK
call off
tear down
pull down
put down
wipe from the face of the earth
subvert
disrupt
quell
discontinue
upset
dump
override
massacre
interfere with
contravene
stonewall
break off
discharge
stun
put a stop to
butcher
take
kayo
turf
incinerate
burn
overwhelm
overkill
beat
benothing
declare
kill off
get off the hook
dismantle
abandon
put to death
burn away
call
rule against
bottle up
cork up
shut down
hush up
watergate
put the lid on
put damper on
cripple
mothball
hinder
hamper
damage
spoil
interrupt
blackball
halt
countercheck
redress
thwart
undermine
suspend
oppose
ding
impugn
traverse
cross
desist
attack
break
redline
impair
stymie
shelve
withcall
incapacitate
foil
dash
cry off
prevent
make ineffective
break with
turn down
turn thumbs down
work against
fly in the face of
run counter to
mar
disable
threaten
block
harm
bollix
obstruct
break down
mess up
break up
screw up
intrude on
muck up
sabotage
check
take away
ditch
junk
prohibit
jettison
disestablish
deracinate
inhibit
supersede
dispense with
throw out
put the kibosh on
close down
knock something on the head
put kibosh on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To attempt to persuade without being obvious about it, by understating a position so the listener takes the good points as obvious
soft-pedal
de-emphasize
downplay
play down
minimise
UK
minimize
US
moderate
underemphasize
underplay
understate
blue-pencil
euphemize
hush-hush
mitigate
palliate
shush
subdue
gloss over
tone down
go easy
make light of
make little of
make nothing of
shrug off
set little store by
set no store by
put on the soft pedal
mince words
diminish
soften
underrate
undervalue
trivialize
US
devalue
trivialise
UK
talk down
deemphasize
lessen
whitewash
reduce
minify
brush aside
downgrade
underestimate
misprize
discount
deprecate
weaken
extenuate
hold back
detract from
belittle
sell short
temper
qualify
cheapen
pooh-pooh
hold cheap
mince
minimalize
brush off
make light
take lightly
dumb down
attach little importance to
give little weight to
think nothing of
give a lower profile
decry
derogate
discredit
denigrate
depreciate
rationalize
US
belie
defame
smooth over
justify
brush something under the carpet
gloze over
sugarcoat
rationalise
UK
explain away
gloss
varnish
vilipend
knock
restrain
lower
rate too low
backbite
take away from
laugh at
detract
devaluate
decrease
subtract from
write off
blister
cut rate
undermine
disesteem
withdraw
dampen
dilute
not do justice to
do an injustice to
modulate
chill out
dismiss
disparage
undersell
underrepresent
underprice
put down
demean
deride
degrade
scorn
criticize
US
trash
vilify
slur
scoff at
malign
disregard
smear
laugh off
treat lightly
dispraise
marginalize
US
marginalise
UK
criticise
UK
take for granted
be wrong about
cry down
dump on
think too little of
take down a peg
demote
treat as unimportant
deflate
underprize
slight
be casual about
hold in contempt
think little of
fail to appreciate
set too little store by
misjudge
not do justice
underween
look down on
diss
dis
ridicule
slam
mock
pan
rubbish
slate
revile
condemn
abuse
bash
censure
asperse
roast
squash
scorch
rip
squelch
bad-mouth
run down
poor-mouth
trash-talk
drag through the mud
take a swipe at
shoot down
tear down
do a hatchet job on
take down
do down
sneer at
shoot full of holes
pour scorn on
take to pieces
slag off
poor mouth
sour grapes
pull apart
kiss off
cut down to size
hit out at
have a go at
cast aspersions on
pick holes in
cut to the quick
pooh pooh
more ❯
Verb
▲
To check a written text for errors in spelling and grammar
proofread
correct
revise
check
edit
rephrase
analyse
UK
analyze
US
refine
copyedit
rearrange
blue-pencil
check over
go over
check through
look over
look through
mark up
remove errors from
spell-check
approve
copy-edit
fly speck
Verb
▲
To change or alter in some way, especially written material
revise
alter
change
modify
amend
revamp
rework
remodel
correct
adjust
recast
edit
adapt
refashion
reorganise
UK
reorganize
US
overhaul
emend
redo
remake
vary
rewrite
redraft
restyle
update
rephrase
upgrade
debug
recalibrate
rescript
rebrand
rehash
redraw
scrub
cut
make over
copy-edit
blue-pencil
transform
reshape
reconstruct
redesign
improve
convert
renovate
rejig
tweak
rearrange
rebuild
doctor
refine
remould
UK
tailor
make adjustments to
make alterations to
remold
US
reform
metamorphose
transfigure
transmute
reorient
customize
US
transmogrify
reword
rectify
reorientate
mutate
regulate
translate
reorder
customise
UK
interchange
turn
recondition
switch
transpose
reshuffle
repair
readjust
switch over
fashion
refurbish
restore
fix
revolutionize
US
permute
transubstantiate
reconstitute
renew
commute
revolutionise
UK
restructure
mend
alchemize
modulate
reconcile
fix up
make
tune
rejigger
do up
temper
shape
rehabilitate
mold
US
evolve
fine-tune
permutate
patch
morph
condition
retool
regenerate
refit
appropriate
apply
download
downlink
shake up
reconfigure
mould
UK
patch up
shift
fiddle with
modernize
US
fit
moderate
service
set
suit
diversify
modernise
UK
develop
put
redevelop
remix
fettle
make different
tune up
make changes to
tamper with
do again
qualify
polish
reinvent
accommodate
retouch
rethink
massage
balance
rationalize
US
makeover
tighten
harmonize
US
regroup
square
conform
reproduce
touch up
control
shift gears
realign
rejuvenate
clean up
harmonise
UK
tidy up
freshen up
replace
remedy
produce new version
jigger
arrange
cure
sort
order
warp
rationalise
UK
shuffle
cook
affect
redress
retread
fine tune
see to
make innovations
tailor-make
set right
change around
turn around
phony up
put back together
put right
turn upside down
say differently
elaborate
prepare
bend
reformat
titivate
redeploy
reschedule
redecorate
reset
change the format
optimise
UK
optimize
US
better
re-form
diverge
spring-clean
remap
re-present
metamorphosize
do over
smarten
ameliorate
make improvements to
transmorph
denature
transfer
maintain
paraphrase
stir up
reuse
smarten up
turn over new leaf
turn the tables
turn the corner
change completely
sing different tune
rehab
heal
dial back
give a face-lift
alternate
go over
restate
return to
uplift
reclaim
sort out
move around
overturn
acclimatize
US
correct mid-course
resolve
put to rights
make as good as new
set up
restore to working order
get something working
face-lift
give facelift
put differently
acclimate
design
check
discuss
reiterate
go back to
repeat
redistribute
tamper
emendate
review
become different
proportion
make better
express differently
bring up to code
iron out
red-pencil
acclimatise
UK
say again
state differently
reallocate
put another way
put in other words
write over
prepare for publication
vamp
make appropriate to
make fitting to
make appropriate for
make fitting for
fit in
make a clean sweep
clear out
clean out
break with past
change drastically
cause revolution
change the line-up of
beet
tinker
clout
botch
manipulate
glue
cobble
spetch
ranter
ready
distort
pervert
forge
fudge
rig
falsify
fake
remaster
piece together
perk up
make whole
work on
vamp up
make well
disguise
fiddle
calibrate
misrepresent
enhance
settle
normalize
US
align
coordinate
attune
organize
US
interfere with
mess about with
trump up
tinker with
meddle with
normalise
UK
grade
sharpen
twiddle
quadrate
organise
UK
focus
troubleshoot
straighten
digitally remaster
bring into line
make good
make conform
put in working order
set to rights
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